One can have the ability to play middleman, but it will be ultimately futile, if there's nothing to play middleman for. Getting things to consumers first requi

One can have the ability to play middleman, but it will be ultimately futile, if there's nothing to play middleman for. Getting things to consumers first requires that there be a thing, which requires a creative act. Investors and executives can certainly help to facilitate those creative acts, but why should that give them first claim to 99% of the proceeds? It's certainly not a risk premium when those people glide away while the creators get screwed. It's pure rent, in the economics sense.